Committee Descriptions
The
six NCATE Standards Committees
Scope of the work:
To take primary responsibility for and provide leadership
in writing this standard's portion of the institutional report and compiling
evidence to be included in the document room and on the electronic exhibit.
Charges through January:
Learn as much as you can and be prepared to answer the
following questions at meetings during Dean’s hours on the third Wednesday
of every month (October 24th, November 20th, and December 18th):
1. Who is on the committee?
· Create a committee of no more than six members
to support your work.
· Two other faculty members (there should be a
rep. from each department )
· A staff member,
· A student
· A partner within Hunter College or outside of
Hunter
2. What are the parameters of the standard?
· Find a description of the standard on the web
· Find the NCATE rubric for judging attainment
of the standard on the web
· Retain a copy of the professional standards
book (2002) and the handbook for accreditation visits.
3. What does evidence of the standard look like in real-life?
· Find an example of an institutional report of
the standard on the web
· Visit a document room or electronic exhibit
on the web to see what the collection of evidence related to the standard
looks like
· Write down all of your good ideas, brainstorms,
and reflections.
4. What evidence do we already have?
· Peruse the program review documents either in
their binders or on-line.
· Write down all of your good ideas, brainstorms,
and reflections.
· Talk to people.
To find the list of people who have signed up for these committees,
click here.
All
Program Review committees
Scope of work:
To take primary responsibility and leadership for the
completion of the program review document through rejoinder(s), if applicable,
to national recognition.
Charge through January:
To take responsibility for and guide the work of the program
review document for this specialty area and be able to answer the following
questions:
1. Who is on the committee?
· Create your committee of no more than six members:
· two faculty members (at a minimum),
· a staff member,
· at least one student member, and
· at least one partner (school, LAS faculty, or
other agency or organization)
2. What’s in the program review document, thus far?
· Read the program review document,
3. What do you think of it?
· Get informal feedback on the document (if you
don’t have it) by sending it out to a reviewer or
· finding another program review document on-line
to compare “your” document to, or
· cross-critique by referring to the committee’s
own judgment/reactions/responses.
4. How are you going to represent the depth and breadth of
the good work being done in the program?
· Develop a proposal for faculty stakeholdership
in the program,
· Identify the faculty members who will be the
“stakeholders” of the program and disseminate the feedback to this faculty,
· Rule: Every faculty member must be a "stakeholder"
in one of the programs in HCSOE program.
5. How do you share details of the program with others in
the program and outside of the program?
· List the three most outstanding things that
are exciting, important or may be unique to the program
· Prepare to talk to and about each other’s successes
· Attend and represent the program at two all-program
review meetings this semester: Dean’s hours on October, 30th and
on December 4th.
6. How are you proceeding with the work that was initiated
last spring?
· On-going development of:
· Artifacts,
· Rubrics,
· Forms and formats,
· Piloting of instruments,
· Collecting candidate work samples,
· Transition plans,
· Incomplete tasks as needed or indicated in the
document.
7. How is the program’s performance evidence linking back
to the conceptual framework?
· Highlight the evidence that the program has
already identified that MIGHT also be considered evidence of meeting the
expectations of HCSOE as described in the conceptual framework.
To find the list of people who have signed up for these committees,
click here.
All
special report committees
Scope of work:
To take primary responsibility and leadership for the
completion of the special report and compile evidence to be included
in the document room and on the electronic exhibit.
Charge through January:
To take responsibility for and guide the work in the special
program area and be able to answer the following questions:
Who is on the committee?
· Create your committee of no more than six members:
· two faculty members (at a minimum),
· a staff member,
· at least one student member, and
· at least one partner (school, LAS faculty, or
other agency or organization)
How are you going to represent the depth and breadth of the
good work being done in the program?
· Find out what will need to be in your report.
· Find a copy of a special report that is most
like what you will need to write and share it with the committee
How do you share details of the program with others in the
program and outside of the program?
· List the three most outstanding things that
are exciting, important or may be unique to the program
· Prepare to talk to and about each other’s successes
· Attend and represent the program at two all-program
review meetings this semester: Dean’s hours on October 30th and on
December 4th.
How is the program’s performance evidence linking back to
the conceptual framework?
· Highlight the evidence that the program has
already identified that MIGHT also be considered evidence of meeting the
expectations of HCSOE as described in the conceptual framework.
To find the list of people who have signed up for these committees,
click here.